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Professor and Chair Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Professor of Urology
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Dr. Lokeshwar is a tenured Professor and the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) and a Professor of Urology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University. At MCG-AU, she is the first woman chair of the BMB department, established in 1829. The research projects in her lab begin with a clinical problem and the workflow always is “clinic to lab and back again”. The current focus of Dr. Lokeshwar’s lab is on biomarkers and experimental therapeutics related to bladder and renal cell carcinomas, and collaborative projects on benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. Dr. Lokeshwar’s lab has been continuously funded by grants from the NIH, and other agencies. She has published over one hundred original research and review articles, book chapters and has co-edited a book on bladder cancer. Dr. Lokeshwar has mentored more than eighty graduate and medical students, residents, postdoctoral and clinical fellows, and faculty. Dr. Lokeshwar was the President of the Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR). She has serves/served on numerous national and international research panels, editorial boards of several journals, and grant review panels. Currently she is serving on the AUA Research Council as the South Easter Section representative. Dr. Lokeshwar has received numerous awards including, Augusta University’s Outstanding Research Scholarship and/or Creative Activity Award, Exemplary Teaching Awards, SBUR/SWIU Research Award for Excellence in Urologic Research, SBUR Distinguished Service Award and Female Leaders in Urology. Dr. Lokeshwar credits basic science and clinical collaborators, and her mentees/staff for the research programs in her lab. Bench-to-bedside research is Dr. Lokeshwar’s passion, as is teaching and mentoring.
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Monday, May 1, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST